Sunday, October 10, 2010

Hans Bacher Has Good Taste

These are all from Hans Bacher's site:Great layoutskiller cartooning and draftsmanshipGreat colorNasty colorI remember this character from when I was a kid living in Germany.Fun cartooning in odd stylesCal Arts origins.From Sullivant toKen AndersonMilt KahlLOTS MORE GREAT ART HERE

Man, I love when you do that thing when you're showing us some great art and then BAM, you show a somewhat recent Disney still and there goes my childhood...

I've always had a crazy dream of becoming a great animator, and starting working on Disney so I could help to bring back some of the old glory, but as I grow older and as I understand better how their system works, I think it would be extremely hard to do.

I'm not as critical on the colour in that "Beauty and the Beast: scene as I am on the layout itself. I'm actually shocked at how it goes against many of the general rules of good composition: The near perfect symmetry on either side of the vertical centre, the chandelier lining up with the edges of the drapes, the table top lining up with the windowsill, etc. I don't mind the low horizon line for dramatic effect, but the whole scene could have been stronger if viewed from a slightly different angle towards the left or the right to avoid the tangents and monotonous symmetry.

So these Ken Anderson images are from the story of Renard the Fox. An old fable from the middle ages. I did some reading into the story and it turns out that the name Renard means "absolutely hard, a hardenedevil-doer whom there is no turning from his way." The description for Renard matches the description for Ren! John was this an inspiration for the character? or just a coincidence?

Whoa Mecki the Hedgehog! Did not expect to see that here. My german family have got these great figurines of him. Must go learn more on Hans's blog! Which is an absolutely wonderful source of animation stuff of all kinds. Wow.